Prophetic Vision (2024)

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Kelly Bulkeley

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    April 2016

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Bulkeley, Kelly, 'Prophetic Vision', Big Dreams: The Science of Dreaming and the Origins of Religion (New York, 2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 21 Apr. 2016), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199351534.003.0015, accessed 9 June 2024.

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This chapter examines the cross-cultural religious phenomenon of prophetic visions in dreams. The widespread occurrence of these kinds of visually intense, future-oriented dreams has prompted both positive and negative attention from religious authorities throughout history. This chapter looks at prophetic vision in the context of scientific research on big dreams. The discussion includes a detailed case study (Perpetua, a young Christian woman in second-century c.e. Carthage who kept a dream diary while awaiting execution in a Roman coliseum), references to other religious traditions around the world, and theories from cognitive science and the psychology of religion. Special attention is given to the power of visual imagery in certain kinds of religious experience. The chapter argues that religions are naturally drawn to the anticipatory powers of dreaming, in which the human mind’s natural capacities for forethought are boosted by the brain’s innate tendency to generate spontaneous visionary experiences during sleep.

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Prophetic Vision (2024)

FAQs

Prophetic Vision? ›

Prophetic dreaming is not just about the future, but about important things that will happen in the future. Along with death and birth, frequent topics include religious initiations, military battles, family conflicts, health problems, hunting prospects, threatening weather, and cultural crises.

What are the three types of visions? ›

When it comes to types of vision, everyone has a different vision type. It's unique for different people, but there are common visual conditions like being nearsighted (myopia), farsighted (hyperopia), or having astigmatism.

How do you know a vision is from God? ›

Test Dreams and Visions Against the Word

If a dream or vision tries to convince you of something contrary to the Word of God, it is not from the Lord. He will never contradict His Word. First Peter 1:25 promises that “the word of the Lord endureth for ever” (KJV). It will never change or become irrelevant.

When God gives you a vision? ›

It's been said that when God gives a vision, he always gives the provision to fulfil it. Often, as the disciples found, he makes us the answer to our own prayers (9:38; 10:1). He gives us authority to act in his name. 'All authority in heaven and on earth' has been given to Jesus (28:18), but he shares it with us.

What prophet had a vision? ›

More than any of the classical biblical prophets, Ezekiel was given to symbolic actions, strange visions, and even trances (although it is quite gratuitous to deduce from these, and from his words “I fell upon my face” [1:28], that he was a cataleptic).

How are visions gifted? ›

They are bestowed by Celestia and the Seven Archons to allogenes, people of Teyvat with particularly powerful desires who have the potential to ascend to Celestia and become gods themselves. Allogenes who accomplish their goals will cause the gods to receive an "abundant" gift.

What is an example of a spiritual vision? ›

Moses saw a shrub on fire with his natural eyes. But his spiritual eyes looked deeper and acknowledged the bush was not burning at all. Spiritual sight is seeing but not seeing; or seeing two things at once - both equally real and in different realms; both here and there (in a spiritual dimension.)

What is the spiritual gift of visions? ›

Jesus had risen from the dead, and God was pouring out His power and guidance on His people through the Holy Spirit. Since that incredible day, God has given His people the power to prophesy, dream, and have visions about how things should and will be.

What is a vision from God called? ›

In Christian theology, the beatific vision (Latin: visio beatifica) is the ultimate direct self-communication of God to the individual person.

What do prophetic dreams mean? ›

In a nutshell, prophetic dreams involve seeing events, images or symbols, that predict the future. For example, if you had a dream that your car tire was punctured and then in the morning you find the car has a flat, that would be a prophetic dream.

What does Bible say about seeing visions? ›

Joel 2:28-32

28 “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

How does God speak to us visions? ›

We can find many stories in the Bible where God used visions, imagination, or parables to speak with people. In fact, when Jesus taught large crowds He used imagery to illustrate the truth behind His teaching (Matt 13:34). Jesus engaged people's imagination!

What is a vision biblically? ›

In the Bible, the word vision is more often used as an encounter with God where he imparts special revelation, often intuitively, in dreams, or "in dark sayings." (Num. 12:6) Sometimes visions can be theophanies, where God speaks directly to the visionary (Numbers 12:8).

How to enter the prophetic realm? ›

You don't have to be a prophet to move in the prophetic dimension. You just need activation, training, and faith. In Realms of the Prophetic, Naim hands you keys to open doors in the prophetic you haven't entered before. Anyone who wants to move in the prophetic at higher dimensions should read this book.

How to see vision and hear from God? ›

  1. Close your eyes and pray. You don't have to close your eyes, but there's something about shutting out the earthly realm and tuning into God's realm that helps us see what He's seeing. ...
  2. Ask God for wisdom. ...
  3. Look for signposts in the Word. ...
  4. Keep your spiritual antennae up. ...
  5. Discuss what you're sensing.

What is the difference between a dream and a vision? ›

Dreams go unplanned and remain unreal. Visions are real ideas with concrete applications. Specific goals narrow visions, making them more achievable. Achievable goals use a reasonable timeframe to maintain passion and mindset.

What are the 3 fields of vision? ›

The monocular visual field consists of central vision, which includes the inner 30 degrees of vision and central fixation, and the peripheral visual field, which extends 100 degrees laterally, 60 degrees medially, 60 degrees upward, and 75 degrees downward (Figure 116.1) A vertical line bisects central fixation and ...

What were the three visions? ›

APJ Abdul Kalam outlines his three visions for India: freedom, development, and standing up to the world as a strong military and economic power. He believes India must respect its freedom and see itself as a developed, self-reliant nation through continued growth.

What are the three types of visions according to Augustine? ›

Augustine introduces the three visions by noting that they are included in the commandment (Matt. 22:39) to love one's neighbour as oneself: we read the letters by corporeal vision, visualise our neighbour by spiritual vision, and connect to (the idea of) love by intellectual vision.

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